Top 100 Vinyl Record Covers

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Top 100 vinyl record covers.

Beastie boys license to ill back in the time of vinyl this cover was a bit. Explore the rolling stone s 100 greatest album covers list by 2tec on discogs. 100 pioneering sleeve designs. The fab four top the list.

To determine the 50 most valuable vinyl records. The fab four top the list. Features the greatest album covers. Shaped as a polaroid photo from the era swift s face.

These are the 100 greatest album covers as chosen by the writers of rolling stone in their november 14th 1991 issue. We didn t of course and that s because nearly all of the top 100 of the world s most valuable vinyl records are individually cut acetates test pressings pre production not commercially released items that were never formally released or other items that likely would only have been available to record company. Rolling stone s 100 greatest album covers. Led zeppelin led zeppelin 1969 led zeppelin s eponymous debut featured a mix of original material and covers of blues songs including a re recording of the track dazed and confused originally written and recorded by jake holmes which was also covered by jimmy page s old band the yardbirds.

Click here to browse some of the rarest records we have in our store. Several of the records on the list were quickly pulled because of controversial cover. Taylor swift s fifth studio album 1989 was a departure for the singer so it only makes sense that the cover broke with tradition as well. Even with 17 53 inflation but more disposable income around and record collecting being popular these days it s a striking difference.

The debut album from dj shadow is famous for being composed almost entirely of sampled content something that in the age of girl talk may not seem so earth shattering until you realize the content came from hundreds of vinyl records he obtained on numerous journeys to the record store see album cover. If the old list barely made it in the low with the average price of top 5 records at 1958 just a decade later 100 is already way above at 2896 and the list skyrockets to 17 7k as top 5 average.